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2.8 EDUCATION SECTOR
2.8.1 TYPE OF EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
The educational sector (ICIMOD and CBS, 2003b) in Nepal consists broadly of primary, lower
secondary, secondary, and higher education school system (beyond School Leaving Certificate or SLC).
The total literate population is classified into five categories of successfully completed level of
education: primary (grades 1 to 5); lower secondary and secondary (grades 6 to 10); SLC and equivalent;
certificate and above; ‘no schooling’ (includes literate persons with non-formal education) and ‘other’
level includes literate persons completing an education level other than mentioned above, but not
including those who did not state their level attainment.
Table 2.4. Number of School per thousand people of Nepal (source: (ICIMOD and CBS, 2003b))
The Department of Education (reference) is the main source of information on the school system and the
development of education. The Department has compiled lists the schools in year 2000 (primary, lower
secondary, and secondary, both government and private) which amount to 37,566. District-wise the total
number of schools varied from 45 in Manang (0.12% of all schools) to 2014 in Kathmandu (5.36%).
Figure 2.8 shows the map indicating number of schools in each district The map above indicates that
central development region has higher of number of school than others regions.
Figure 2.8. Number of school (source: (ICIMOD and CBS, 2003b))
2.8.2 EDUCATION DISTRIBUTION
The ratio of the total number of schools (ICIMOD and CBS, 2003b) to the total population (expressed
per thousand capita) shows the distribution of schools with respect to the population. Data on the number
of schools for each district was obtained from the Dept. of Education which was compiled in 2000, and
the population for that year was estimated based on data from the 2001 census. On average 1.66 schools
were available for every thousand persons in the country; district-wise the ratio ranged from 6.85
(Manang) to 0.67 (Mahottari). Fifty-two districts had ratios above national average, and 23 districts
ratios below, the national figure.The map above indicates that Dolpa, Mustang and Manang districts
have a highest school density per 1000 population. These districts have high density because of the low
population. Figure 2.9 shows type of schools in the country.
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